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No. 649,327. Patented May 3, I900.

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No. 649,327. Patented May 8, I900.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE PACKAGES.

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No. 649,327. Patented May 8, I900.

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No. 649,327. Patented May 8, I900.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING-CIGARETTE PACKAGES.

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No. 649,327. Patented May 8, I900.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING ,CIGARETTE PACKAGES.

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FRANK J. LUDINQTON, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE-PACKAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 649,827, dated May 8, 1906.

Application filed April 4, 1898. Serial No- 676,363. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. LUDINGTON, of \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Machines for Making Double-Ended Cigarette-Packages; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a plan view of one form which my improved machine may assume; Fig. 2, a view thereof in side elevation; Fig. 3, a view thereof in end elevation; Fig. 4, a broken view of the machine in vertical longitudinal section on the line a b of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a detached broken view, partly in front elevation and partly in section, showing the blank gummers and strippers and some of the instrumentalities by which they are operated; Fig. 6, a detail view further showing the instrumentalities for operating the blank-gummers and blank-strippers; Fig. 7, a View in rear elevation of the gum-reservoir, showing the means employed for actuating the gumming-rolls located within it; Fig. 8, a plan view of the gum-reservoir; Fig. 0, a broken view in transverse section through the gumreservoir on the line 0 cl of Fig. 7; Fig. 10, a detached edge view of the pulley employed to drive the gumming-rolls; Fig. 11, a face View of the said pulley, showing its face-teeth; Fig. 12, a sectional view of the driven pinion with which the said pulley coacts through its face-teeth and showing the spring-actuated couplingpin mounted in the pinion; Fig. 13, apartial broken view, in side elevation, of the blank-gumming, blank-stripping, and blankdeliv'ering instru m entalities, showing a blank in position to be operated upon by one of the initial folders; Fig. ll, a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of one of the initial folders, which is shown in conjunction .with a pair of pivotal dies and with an unfolded blank wh-ich is located between them in position to receive its initial folding; Fig. 15, a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the said initial folder and pair of pivotal dies, showing the blank after it has received its initial folding and also showing the instrumentalities with which the said dies are organized to constitute one of the four forming mechanisms of the machine; Fig. 16, an enlarged view in transverse section, showing the pivotal connection of one of the initial folders with its rotary and vertically-movable pivotal carrying-arm Fig. 17, a detached plan view of a pair of the pivotal dies; Fig. 18, a view of the same in side elevation; Fig. 19, a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of the side-flap folders and the means for operating them; Fig. 20, a broken sectional View showing the means provided for adjusting the said folders; Fig. 21, a View, partly in section and partly in elevation, of the end-flap folders, together with the instrumentalities for, operating them; Fig. 22, a broken View, in front elevation, of one of the said folders; Fig. 23, a view thereof in transverse section on the line efof Fig. 22; Fig. 24, a broken view, in side elevation, showing the connection between the end-flap lever and the vertically-movable stem which operates the elbow-levers of the end-flap-foldin g mechanism; Fig. 25, a detached view of the cam which operates the said lever; Fig. 26, a View showing the instrumentalities employed for lifting the table carrying the side-fiap and end-flap foldinginstrumentalities; Fig.27,a partialbroken View, in vertical section, through the rotating head and designed with particular reference to showing the means employed for vertically operating the pivotal arms carrying the initial folders, the said view also showing one form which the stripping instrumentalities-of my machine may assume; Fig. 28, a View on the line g 7L of Fig. 27; Fig. 29, a detached broken view, in side elevation, showing the upper portion of the rotary head and the verticallymovable lifting-bar employed for raising the clamps of the four independentlybrganized forming mechanisms, two of which are shown in this figure; Fig. 30, a sectional view on the line M of the preceding figure; Fig. 31, asectional view on the line L l of Fig. 4; Fig. 32-, a detached View of the lever employed for vertically reciprocating the lifting-bar'which operates the clamps; Fig. 33 a detached view of the forked lever connected with the said clamp-operating lever; Fig. 34, a face view of the cam which coacts with the said forked lever in actuating the said clamp-operating lever; Fig. 35, a broken View of one of the forming mechanisms with its dies folded downward into parallel planes preparatory to the stripping of a cigarette-package from them bythe strippinginstrumentalities,which are also shown in side elevation; Fig. 36, a less-comprehensive side or face view of the same parts, the packet being shown in full lines as upon the dies and in broken lines as stripped therefrom; Fig. 37, a plan view show ing both pairs of stripping-rolls; Fig. 38, a sectional view of one pair of the strippingr'olls; Fig. 89, a view, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, showing the means employed for actuating the pivotal dies in assuming their stripping positions; Fig. 40, a plan view of one of the blanks, on which the gum is represented by areas of stippling; Fig. 41, a perspective view of one of the packages produced by the machine, shown as open or unfolded for the introduction or removal of cigarettes; Fig. 42, a similar view of the package as it appears when closed.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for automatically producing doubleended cigarette-packages, such as are used principally in the Spanish-American countries, the object being to provide a machine having a large capacity for producing such packages of superior quality.

With these ends in view my invention cou sists in a machine having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will. be-hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

7 For convenience and clarity of description I shall describe the several instrumentalities of my improved machine in the order in which they act to, produce the packages. Before proceeding, however, to such description I would call attention to Figs. to 42 of the drawings. Fig. 40 shows one of the blanks A, which are cut from suitable paperand fed into the machine, the said blank comprising ahinge a, body portions 0 a, side flaps a a and a a and end flaps a a. In Fig. ll one of: the completed packages is shown as opened for the introduction or removal of the cigarettes. Inthis figure the package is seen to consist of two pockets B B, united by a hinge B, which is just double the thickness of either pocket and which therefore permits them to be folded together, as shown in Fig. 42, which represents the package closed as for transportation or for use.

In carrying out my invention I provide my improved machine with a suitable hopper 0, adapted to recei've a vertical column of blanks like the blank A shown in Fig. 40. This hopper is furnished with a follower O, mounted upon the upper end of a follower-rod C having bearingin the machine-frame D, and connected at its lower end with an adjustable block 0 carrying two pivotal links Cv C, which are respectively pivoted to the arms C O of a head located at the inner end of a handle 0, hung upon a stud O mounted in a bracket 0 Fig. 3,depending from the machineframe D. To the rear of the said hopper I locate a shallow gum-reservoir E, which is in the same horizontal plane as the upper part of the hopper O and supported upon a post E, bolted to the machine-frame D. This reservoir contains two gumming-rolls E E mounted upon and near the ends of a horizontal shaft E journaled in the end walls of the reservoir and near the forward or inner edge thereof, one of the projecting ends of the shaft being provided with a knurled button E, by means of which the shaft may he turned manually, and the other projecting end of the shaft having mounted upon it a driven pinion E, which is meshed into by a driving pinion E, furnished with an inwardly-projecting spring-pin E which coacts with face-teeth E formed upon the adjacent outer face of a driving-pulley E", mounted upon a short shaft E secured to a .bracket E, bolted to the upper end of the postE, all as clearly shown in Fig. '7. The driving-pinion E is mounted upon the outer end of the shaft E, to which it is secured by a screw E Under this construction the shaft E, and hence the gumming-rolls E E may be revolved when occasion requires by means of the knurled button E in which case the driven pinion E will drive the driving-pinion E, causing the pin E to ride out of and snap over the face-teeth E of the driving pulley E", to which power is communicated by a belt. (Not shown.)

To prevent the gumming-rolls E E from taking up too much paste, I employ sheetmetal scrapers E E mounted upon the ends of a long rock-shaft E journaled at its ends in the end walls of the gum-reservoir; but any other suitable means may be employed for preventing the gum ming-rolls from taking up too much gum.

For securing the reservoir E to the post E I form the reservoir with a long downwardlyprojecting undercut rib or dovetail E and the upper end of the post E with a corresponding groove E in which the dovetail is clamped by means of a vertically-arranged clamping-dog E", hung upon a pivot E and provided at its lower end with a clampingscrew E impinged against a lug E formed upon the post E, as shown in Fig. 7. The upper end of the said dog passes through a slot E formed in the post and intersecting the undercut roove E so as to ermit the upper end of the said dog to engage directly with the dovetail rib E However, the reservoir and its various allied features may be changed without departing from my invention.

For gum miug the blanks and delivering them to the folding and forming instrumentalities and there stripping them I employ two gummers F F and two strippers G G, the said gummers and strippers being moved vertically and horizontally for the discharge of their gumming, delivering, and stripping functions. The said gummers F and F are pivotally attached to the lower ends of vertically-arranged plungers F and F while the strippers G and G are formed upon thelower ends of vertically-arranged plungers G and G The said plungers are mounted for vertical movement in a carriage H, which is supported upon two horizontally-arranged rods IIH, upon which it is moved back and forth, and which are themselves supported at their ends in brackets H bolted to the machinebed D. By reference to Fig. 5 it will be observed that the gummers are separated from each other, so as to engage with the respective gumming rolls E E and that the strippers G G are located in line with but inside of the said gummers. The said carriage II is reciprocated back and forth upon the rods H by means of two horizontal rods H H pivotally connected at their forward or inner ends with the opposite ends of the carriage and having their rear or outer ends connected with vertically-arranged carriage-levers H? H, mounted by their lower ends upon a carriage rock-shaft H provided at one end with an upright arm H, carrying an antifriction-roll H which travels in a camgroove 11 formed in a carriage-operating cam H mounted upon the cam-shaft H It will be understood that the cam-groove H ,j ust mentioned is adapted to cause the carriage H to be moved horizontally rearward to bring the gummers into contact with the gummingrolls and then to move the carriage forward over the hopper, where it stops while the gummed gummers pick up a blank, after which it moves still farther forward for the delivery of the gummed blank to the folding and forming instrumentalities.

For the vertical operation of the gum mers F and F, I employ two gummer-levers F and F flexibly connected, respectively, with the upper ends of the plungers F and F and rigidly secured to a horizontal rock-shaft F, mounted in the upper portion of the carriage II. The said lever F has a rearward extension carrying a transversely-arranged coupling-stud F arranged to enter and slide back and forth in a coupling-block F itself mounted for rocking and sliding back and forth upon a vertically-swinging operating-rod F secured at its ends to the inner ends of two rock-arms F rigidly secured at their outer ends to a horizontally-arranged rook-shaft F journaled in the uprights H of the machineframe. The said rock-shaft F carries an arm F, Fig. 1, which is pivotally connected with the upper end of a forked lever F carrying a friction-roll F traveling in a camgroove formed in the face of a guminer-operating cam F mounted on the cam-shaft H For the required vertical movement of the strippers G G, I employ a stripper-operating cam G, mounted upon the said cam-shaft Il and formed with a cam-groove which receives an an t-ifriction-roll G mounted upon a forked lever G, the upper end of which'is connected with one arm of a bell-crank lever G loosely mounted upon the rock-shaft F and having its other arm pivotally connected with aborizontally-arranged coupling-rod G the opposite end of which is pivotally connected with the upper end of an upright arm G rigidly secured at its lower end to a horizontally-arranged rock-shaft G corresponding to the rock-shaft F before mentioned, and journaled at its ends in the other two uprights H of the machine-frame. The said shaft G is furnished at its ends with inwardly-extending rock-arms G G, the inner ends of which carry avertically-swinging operating-rod G corresponding to the rod F before mentioned, and passing through a coupling-block G which is free both to rock and to slide upon it. The said coupling-block receives a horizontal sliding coupling-stud G transversely mounted in the rear end of a stripper-lever G", which at its forward end engages with the upper end of the stripper-plunger G and which is mounted upon a rock-sleeve G through which the rock-shaft F", before mentioned, passes. The opposite end of the said sleeve is provided with a short stripper-lever G which engages with the upper end of the stripper-plunger G Under the construction described the sliding coupling-blocks F and G are permitted to slide back and forth with the reciprocating movement of the carriage H upon the operating-rods F and G which are simultaneously swung up and down by the shafts F and G, which are rocked by the instrumentalities connecting them with the'cams F and G, the cam-grooves of which are constructed to cause the gummers F F to be engaged with the gum min g-rolls E E when the carriage is at the limit of its rearward movement, and then to descend into the hopper 0 when the carriage l-I moves over the same, then to rise with a blank, and then to move inward to deliver the gummed blank to the folding and forming instrumentalities when the gummers are lifted in advance of the strippers, which then strip the gummcd blanks from the gummers.

I may here point out that the cam-grooves of the cams G and F are formed so that in being lifted out of the hopper the gummers will start a little before the strippers, so that the ends of the blanks will be lifted before their central portions. Air is thus let in under the ends of the blanks, which are thus -pre vented from being picked up more than one at a time under the influence of that suction so often present between sheets of paper. I also wish to point out in this connection that the gum med blanks are delivered sidewise and not endwise to the folding and forming .instrumentalities of the machine, wherebya great economy of space is secured.

The folding and forming instrumentalities of my machine in part comprise a four-armed intermittently-rotated head I, having arms I, 1", 1, and I", located in a horizontal plane IIO and made integral with the upper end of a long hollow shaft I, formed with a bearingshoulder 1 which rides, as the shaft is turned, upon the upper end of a supporting-sleeve I extending downward through the bed D of the machine and formed with flanges lat, Fig. 27, by means of which it is bolted to the upper face of the said bed. A star-like driving-wheel I Fig. 31-, splined to the projecting lower end of the shaft 1, has four radial slots 1 located at right angles to each other, and four concave locking-surfaces I, located between the said slots. The said slots receive an antifriotion -roll 1 mounted upon a horizontal arm 1 rigidly connected with a locking-wheel 1, corresponding in curvature to the curvature of the locking-recesses 1 of the star-like wheel I and having a clearance-recess I The said locking-wheel is splined upon the hub of a bevel-pinion I, which turns upon and is supported by a depending stud I bolted to the machine-bed D, which is formed with a heavy bearing 1 for the reception of the upper end of the stud. The beveled pinion I meshes into a correspoding pinion I, mounted upon a short horizontal shaft 1 mounted below the machine-bed in suitable bearings depending therefrom and provided at its opposite end with a gear-wheel I meshing into a gearwheel I, Fig. 3, which in turn meshes into 'a gear-wheel I meshing into a gear-wheel I, mounted upon the cam-shaft H which carries a gear-wheel P, which meshes into a pinion I mounted upon the short main shaft J, which is furnished with a drivingpulley J and an idle pulley J as seen in Fig. 2. As the arm I is rotated its antifriction-roll I enters one of the slots 1 of the star-like Wheel I and imparts a quarter-turn to the said Wheel, whereby the shaft 1 and four-armed head I are turned through an arc of ninety degrees. During the first half of the action of the roll I upon the star-wheel .1 it enters one of the slots 1 thereof, and

during the last half of its action it emerges from the said slot. Just as it emerges from the said slot the unbroken surface of the lockingwheel I enters the then adjacent locking-recess l of the star-wheel, which is thus held against rotation, whereby the shaft 1 and head I are also held until the lockingwheel has completed its rotation and brought its clearance-space I again into range with one of the arms of the star-wheel. The arm I is then in position to enter its antifrictionroll 1" into the next slot 1 of the star-wheel, and so on, whereby the intermittently-rotating head I is intermittently moved through an arc of ninety degrees and firml y locked between each of its movements.

Four vertically-movable initial-folder-carrying arms K K K K are pivotally connected at their inner ends with outwardly-projecting lugs K, formed integral with the hollow shaft 1, toward the upper end thereof, these lugs beinglocated at equal distances apart and carrying heavy pins K upon which the said carrying-arms swing. The inner ends of the said arms are formed with segmental pinions K which respectively mesh into four independen tly-operated vertically-movable racks K located in long vertical slots K formed in a sleeve K situated within the upper end of the hollow shaft I, which is formed witli four vertical slots K equally separated from each other and permitting the pinions K to be engaged with the racks K by means of which the arms K are positively raised and lowered. At its lower end the sleeve K rests upon a shoulder K formed within the hollow shaft 1, with which the sleeve rotates. The lower end of each of the racks K is formed with an outwardly-projecting operating-arm K the said arms projecting through vertical slots K, Fig. 27, formed in the hollow shaft I',at points below the lugs K thereof. Owing to the rotation of the said racks with the sleeve K shaft 1, and'head I, the outer ends of the said arms K of the racks are alternately entered into open slots formed in the upper ends of two vertically-arranged operating-slides L and L, which are of dovetail form in cross-section and play up and down in vertically-arranged dovetail grooves 2', formed in the supporting-sleeve I In Fig. 27 the slide L is shown as being provided with a stop-arm L which engages when the slide is lifted with a stop-screw L mounted in a lug L and when the slide has reached the limit of its downward movement with a stopscrew L mounted in a lug L. A similar stop-arm engaging with similarly-mounted stop-screws is provided for the operatingslide L, but not shown.. The slide L is actuated in vertical reciprocation by means of a slide-operating cam L mounted upon the cam-shaft H and operating a long lever L the inner end of which is pivotally and ad-.

j ustably connected with an arm L secured to a shaft L journaled in a bracket L and carrying an arm L having its outer end slotted for the reception of a coupling-block L mounted upon the lower end of the slide. The slide L is vertically reciprocated by means of a slide-operating cam L mounted upon the cam-shaft H and actuating a long lever L the inner end of which is connected with the slide L in the same manner that the lever L is connected with the slide L. These slides play up and down between the ends of two segmental controllers M and M, respectively located in difierent horizontal planes and each having a depending arm M by means of which it is secured by a bolt M to the exterior face of the supporting-sleeve 1 The controller M is formed in its inner face with a groove M extending throughout its length and open at its ends, while the controller M is formed in its inner face with a corresponding groove M extending throughout its length and open at its ends, the said grooves M and M corresponding Tn crosssectional form tothe grooves formed in the 

